Deploy Innovation Where It Matters Most

Innovation is the cornerstone of homeland security. As we embrace tomorrow’s technologies today, we fortify our ability to anticipate and counter emerging threats, ensuring the continued safety and resilience of our people and way of life. The future of our security lies in our capacity to innovate quickly, which is why rapid prototyping mechanisms in the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) and Hatch are so important.

With over 4,500 start-ups in Singapore and growing, the potential for co-creating new innovations is immense. Start-ups have collaborated with various government agencies to develop cutting-edge solutions across sectors, including vital services like homeland security. Platforms like Dimension X offer opportunities to work with start-ups in addressing pressing issues and threats faced by Singapore. By deepening our engagement with this vibrant ecosystem, we can accelerate digital transformation and create breakthrough products that benefit society and the nation. Engage more, innovate more.

When we have an idea, sometimes we don’t necessarily have the technical skills or the resources to do that research, so Hatch really helped us to nail down start-ups that we can work with and that really helped us to further our capability development. It was really easy for us because all we had to do was give our challenge statement. Hatch did most of the heavy lifting in sourcing the potential start-ups that we could engage. I would encourage any divisions within HTX or any other public sector agencies who are interested to just go for it. It’s worthwhile to just throw your challenge out there and see what capable start-ups there are that can answer your challenge statement.

In-Beta! Another brilliant initiative by Hatch that enables one to take the first small step and yet could have far-reaching positive impact. It has been intellectually stimulating to be interacting with the top brains, founders from Quadridox. HALO X-ray has a great value proposition to lower false alarm of current CT scanner without compromising explosive detection rate. I cannot wait for its demonstration!

Partnering with Eztia through Hatch’s Dimension X programme has been an energising and rewarding experience. Their drive and technical depth enabled us to co-develop a promising heat-stress mitigation solution with strong potential for seamless adoption in Home Team’s frontline operations.

HTX’s Hatch programme, a sophisticated initiative designed to support emerging high-tech companies, played a pivotal role with its valuable opportunity to collaborate directly with key stakeholders. What sets Hatch apart is its continued engagement even after the challenge ends – the team remains involved with alumni, helping to transition promising technologies into real-world deployment and fostering connections with other relevant stakeholders.

I’m really excited about working directly with the end-user [from the Home Team]. It’s very hard for a start-up to get this kind of access to a [government] end-user, a pain point, to work through a solution, and then gearing you up for success at the end of a POC (proof-of-concept).